From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 28 14:37:37 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from logisticsoftware.co.nz (logisticsoftware.co.nz [202.37.163.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87D7B14E98 for ; Tue, 28 Sep 1999 14:37:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by logisticsoftware.co.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3) id JAA05575; Wed, 29 Sep 1999 09:25:48 +1200 (NZST) Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 09:25:48 +1200 (NZST) From: Jonathan Chen To: Richard Morte Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp -auto is trigger-happy In-Reply-To: <37F07156.903184DE@sinclairassoc.force9.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Richard Morte wrote: > Hi, > > Can anyone help explain why ppp in -auto -alias mode dials out as soon > as I click in the location field in Netscape? Do I need to set up IP > filtering? Without some sort of filtering or additional configuration I > don't seem to be able to browse documents on the local machine without > accessing the modem. Netscape does a DNS lookup the very first chance it gets. This will cause a dialout, unless you've blocked DNS from activating a callout. Jonathan Chen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "We laugh in the face of danger, we drop icecubes down the vest of fear" - Edmond Blackadder III To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message